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The executive committee of the NBA Players Association sent a memo to its player representatives Tuesday night that presented NBPA President Derek Fisher as a rogue leader who has been delinquent in his duties since the end of the lockout.

The NBA held a 20-minute conference call Thursday to update its owners on the state of the labor situation, according to an ownership source.

While NBA commissioner David Stern and players' union executive Billy Hunter meet with a federal mediator in hopes of saving the NBA season, the league's top players are finalizing plans for a two-week exhibition tour during what would have been the ...

The league's top players are finalizing plans on a two-week exhibition tour during what would have been the first two weeks of the NBA regular season, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Union president Billy Hunter will meet with NBA players Friday afternoon in Los Angeles, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

The NBA and its locked-out players are unlikely to meet again before Monday, almost certainly assuring that the first two weeks of regular-season games will be canceled. Who's to blame for scuttling a proposed meeting depends on who you ask.

The seven agents who sent NBA players a "warning letter" on Monday backed off calls for decertification of the union after a conference call Wednesday to discuss their next move, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

With the supposed start of the regular season just over a month away, NBA owners and players appear to be planning their biggest and most spirited meeting of the offseason for this weekend.

Chauncey Billups has spoken to numerous NBA players preaching the value of keeping the union certified despite the pressure of multiple player agents.

Officials from the NBA and the players' union will meet again Wednesday in New York City, according to sources close to the situation.

While the NBA's owners want to do away with the soft salary cap and guaranteed contracts, the players hope to end the age restriction that forbids players from entering the NBA directly out of high school.

The National Basketball Players Association strongly disagrees with the NBA's decision to issue a memo Wednesday projecting a salary cap between $50.4 million and $53.6 million for the 2010-11 season.